UK - Trust calls for tax levy to aid its work with problem gamblers
The Independent - UK
By Abigail Townsend
Published: 11 February 2007
“Tax revenues should be siphoned off to help fund the battle against problem gambling, according to a leading government body.
Under the proposal, a percentage of the taxes the Government collects from gambling companies would go directly to the Responsibility in Gambling Trust.
Set up five years ago on the recommendation of the Budd Report, which also backed reform of the UK’s antiquated gambling laws, the trust funds such charities as GamCare and education and research projects.
It currently gets its money from the gambling industry on a voluntary basis but has so far struggled to raise the sums it needs. Its chairman, John Greenway MP, said that while some, such as the big bookmakers and online giant PartyGaming, were big donors, others were less forthcoming.”
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